OBIT: John E. BURR, 1918, Altoona, Blair County, PA

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BURR.

  John E. Burr died yesterday morning at 3.45 o'clock at his home, 2307 
Sixteenth avenue after a few days' illness, death being caused by 
pneumonia.  He was born in Austria on March 23, 1876, and has been a 
resident of the United States for sixteen years.  He was employed in 
the South Altoona foundry.  He was a member of St. Mary's church, the 
Knights of St. George, Union Beneficial association and the P.R.R. 
Relief.  He is survived by his wife and five children, John, Mary, 
Englebert, Joseph and Theresa, and one brother and one sister, Frank 
Burr and Mrs. Theresa Winter, both of Austria.  The funeral will be 
held on Thursday; private interment in St. Mary's cemetery.

Altoona Times, Wednesday Morning, October 9, 1918